Material Exchange in MIGO During Goods Issue Process

Use

During goods issue you may find that the material you require is unavailable. You can issue another interchangeable material instead of the original material.

The following functions are available:

The interchangeable materials can be either fully interchangeable or restricted interchangeable.
You can work with batch-managed materials and/or serialized materials and you can see the stock available in different storage locations
Materials/batches found during material exchange in MIGO during goods issue are sorted automatically. The automatic quantity distribution and display of the materials on the material exchange screen is carried out based on this sorting sequence:
- First the original material/batch.
- Next all other materials/batches sorted by their available quantity in descending order.
- To influence this behavior, you can use BAdI BADI_ADPIC_MIGO_GI_SORT.
You can assign serial numbers. You can define if these serial numbers should be maintained manually or automatically in Customizing forLogistics – GeneralunderInterchangeability of Parts Set Up Screen for Material Exchange in Goods Movement Transaction (MIGO) Screen Settings Serial Number Determination .You can use BAdI BADI_ADPIC_MIGO_GI_SER to filter the serial numbers found during material exchange in MIGO during goods issue. Only those serial numbers which pass the checks implemented by this BAdI are considered for further processing.
In Customizing under Logistics - General Interchangeability of Parts Set Up Screen for Material Exchange in Goods Movement Transaction (MIGO) Screen Settings , you can additionally change the initial table display in the following ways:
- You can define if materials or storage locations are displayed at the higher level in the tree.
- You can define if you display selected items or all

Prerequisites

If you want to exchange materials for PM, PP and network orders during the goods issue process, authorization object M_PIC_EXCH must be included in the user profile.

Procedure

To exchange parts in the goods issue process, proceed as follows:

Enter transaction code MIGO to create the goods issue document.
In the item overview, choose with the quick info text Trigger Material Exchange . This icon only appears if the material is interchangeable.

The interchangeability information appears. On the left you see the different interchangeable materials that you can choose from with their available quantities. On the right hand side in the Selected Quantity column, the quantity to be issued is distributed automatically across the interchangeable materials. You can make manual changes to this distribution. You can hide the materials with no quantity selection by setting the Display Selected Entries Only indicator. If you want to assign serial numbers, choose with the quick info text Serial Numbers.A popup appears. You can define if these serial numbers should be maintained manually or automatically in Customizing forLogistics – GeneralunderInterchangeability of Parts Set Up Screen for Material Exchange in Goods Movement Transaction (MIGO) Screen Settings Serial Number Determination.
Choose Confirm Selection.
When you choose Check or Post , the system carries out a check.
Choose Post to update the material document and post the material document for the items.

Constraint

Goods issue in transaction MIGO does not support material exchange of materials in special stocks.
Material exchange can be only be done if the ATP check does not take the replenishment lead time into account. Ensure the Check without RLT indicator is set in Customizing under Materials Management Inventory Management and Physical Inventory Goods Issue / Transfer Postings Set Up Dynamic AvailabilityCheck under Define Checking Rules.